[LLVMdev] New 8bit micro controller back-end

[David Greene]

On Tuesday 24 November 2009 15:12, Evan Cheng wrote:

> > The learning curve for TableGen is quite steep.  I would budget at least
> > a year for everything; learning TableGen, writing patterns, custom
> > lowering, testing, etc.
>
> 1 year is an eternity in LLVM year. ARM target was up and functional in
> about 2 months of time.

Yes, from people who already knew TableGen.  And did that include testing and
all the stuff that goes into hardening and making it production-ready?

It's no sin to admit that TableGen is complex.  It's a powerful tool.

                           -Dave